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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 2h

Long weekend literary listening.

Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 4d

“I'm being truthful here, I don't know if I'll bother to write another book… The world is not crying out for another Guy Vanderhaeghe novel.”

Listen my conversation with the celebrated and award-winning author:
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 6h

It always baffles me that every Dickens TV/movie adaptation is high-toned and costume-y when the guy writes about London like he's Travis Bickle pulling an all-nighter.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 1d

Prizes are dumb.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

The Pixies are a Gen Alpha band.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 1d

That is true. Also true: a lot of those people live in Toronto.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 4d

I've had a lot of authors on my podcast admit to being blocked or discouraged or struggling for ideas for their next book, but Guy Vanderhaeghe is the first one to say be might be done for good.

Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 4d

“I'm being truthful here, I don't know if I'll bother to write another book… The world is not crying out for another Guy Vanderhaeghe novel.”

Listen my conversation with the celebrated and award-winning author:
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 1d

Prizes are dumb.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 1d

It’s a thrill to see Tim Curry making appearances for the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 50th anniversary this month after his near-fatal stroke in 2012. He’s still a flirt and an icon 💖

Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary: Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick & Cast Reunite

YouTube video by Entertainment Weekly

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 1d

Arms wide open, as if to say: "Come, everyone, vandalize me!"

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 2d

I'm a "glass is half-full" kinda guy, so let's look at the upside of the Riyadh Comedy Festival: We never, ever have to even pretend to take any of these "anti-woke" "free speech warriors" seriously, ever again.

New from me at @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

bit.ly/4h51JjF

Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?

Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that...

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 2d

Embarrassed to say I had no idea this book and this author existed until recently. Am now hunting down everything I can find by Sarraute.

Imagine To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, but even more cutting and pitiless.
@dalkeyarchive.bsky.social
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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 2d

A hundred per cent. Before he started the anti-trans stuff, I would argue for him doing something a little more subversive than it seems on the surface, but the anti-trans stuff is/was always just surface and dumb and dehumanizing.

Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 2d

I bailed on him for a looong time over the dumb trans jokes and the knee-jerk anti-woke stuff, which was just plain lazy (if you can't make decent jokes about overly woke people, you're not trying). Oh well. I'd rather go see Gary Gulman and Maria Bamford, anyway.

Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 2d

Would be stupid to argue for Burr right now, but I always approached him like one of those authors or musicians who puts out great stuff, but often gets lazy and/or indulges their worst instincts. Being right on the line is what makes his best stuff good, but that means he easily falls over the line

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 2d

I have long since stopped looking to the people who make things I enjoy for any kind of personal virtue, but in this case, I know his next special will be 40% him mocking his critics using that mewling "lady" voice, so I can't even enjoy the things he makes.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

Good point. Presto has chilled drivers out. Though I did recently get kicked off a GO Bus for having a milk crate zip-tied to the back of my bike. No other drivers have ever had a problem with it (there are maybe 15 zip ties on it, so it won't fly off), but this guy literally *screamed* at me.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

Progress!

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

Right at queen where the bus turns around. To go north, you had to board at the last south facing stop. (Maybe they‘ve fixed that.)

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

I once transferred to the Lansdowne bus at the wrong stop (the right one was 20 ft away) and the driver turned the bus off, despite acknowledging my transfer was otherwise legit. It was almost midnight. Stand off ensued.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

Midseminar

Nick Kornek @kornek.zone · 3d

Let the Right One Into the Zoom

Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · 3d

The Amityville Honorarium

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

It Follows Up

Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 3d

John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Management

Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · 3d

The Amityville Honorarium

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

IT support

Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · 3d

the blair witch project manager

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 3d

i know what you did last quarter

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

They‘ve got the rizz.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 3d

The Pixies are a Gen Alpha band.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 4d

I've had a lot of authors on my podcast admit to being blocked or discouraged or struggling for ideas for their next book, but Guy Vanderhaeghe is the first one to say be might be done for good.

Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 4d

“I'm being truthful here, I don't know if I'll bother to write another book… The world is not crying out for another Guy Vanderhaeghe novel.”

Listen my conversation with the celebrated and award-winning author:
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...

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